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Old 09-10-2012, 10:34 AM   #21 (permalink)
Marion Burbage
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Professor Marion Burbage
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Goodness Gracious Heavens Above!

Professor Burbage siiiiiiiiimply could not contain her excitement for what was to come. All her little Hogwartian rocket scientists were going to truly blast off. OH! It was all so exciting! Clapping her hands together loudly a few times, she picked up one of the strange objects and held it out for everyone to see. "Alright dears, THIS is a bottle rocket launcher. You need to plug your bottle rocket on the launcher like so." She swiftly demonstated with her partly filled bottle of water. "Dooooooo be sure that you have water in your rocket before you place it, dears. Aguamenti Charm should do the trick."

She then set the launcher with her bottle rocket attached to it on the ground several yards away from everyone and wiggled herself back over to the group. "Now, muggles launch bottle rockets by using a device called a bicycle pump to pump air into the rockets until there it toooooo much pressure built up inside the bottle and POP! It shooooooooots up up UP into the air!!" She would stop here to test them on which of Newton's laws this was best connected to, but they had already covered that in the classroom. "We will not be doing things this way. We will be using a spell. Now, please repeat after me, explaeris!" She paused for a moment to allow students to repeat after her several times before moving on. "The wand movement it rather simple, but can be very tiring. First you must trace a circle in the air over your bottle, say the incantation explaeris, and then....you must flap your arm darlings.

Professor Burbage wiggled her way back over to her bottle rocket, her heels clanking against the stone as she did. "Explaeris!" she chirped after having traced a circle over her bottle and then....she began to flap like a mother goose. FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP! "You must keeeeep flapping darlings! Stopping will cause air to escape from your bottle and then your rocket will never launch." FLAP FLAP FLAP FLAP.

The bottle on the launcher began to expand slightly as the air was pumped into it until....

*POOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.....SHOOOOOOOOOOOM*


The bottle rocket SHOT off of the launcher and into the air to which Marion laughed loudly and clapped her hands. "Just like that darlings. Now, go ahead and find a launcher, set your bottle on it, make sure to practice the incantation and wand movements separately, and when you are ready you may begin! OH! Remember, no more than half way when you fill your bottles, dears." So go forth little rocket scientists! GOOOOOOO!

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Steps you should RP
  • filling your bottle rocket with water
  • attaching your bottle rocket to the launcher
  • practicing the incantion (Explaeris) & wand movementt (tracing a circle over the bottle and FLAPPING YOUR ARM)
  • launching your rocket
You should accomplish this in at least 5 quality posts. You have until 13th September at 10 am GMT to complete this task. Have fun and interact with each other! Any questions may be asked IC to Professor Burbage or OOC via VM/PM
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